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BOYS! REMEMBER! 

TALL OAKS FROM LITTLE ACORNS GROW 



BY A. FKIEBTI* TO AMERICA1T EXTERFEISE. 



BOSt'T'O'N's 

OAK HALL, 32 & 34 NORTH STREET. 



Sowed according to Act of Congress, A. D. 1854, by Geobgm W. Simmons, in the Cleric's Office of the District Court of the Distort «f Maasaohuastta, 
Duuiu * Modii, Printers, 19 Devonshire Street, Boston. 



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This is Oak Hall, in North Street, Boston. 



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OAK HALL PICTORIAL 




This is the man who erected Oak Hall, in North Street. 




This is the man, polite and gay, 

Who stands in the van from day to day, 

Of the famous Oak Hall, in North Street. 



OAK HALL PICTORIAL 




These are the clerks, 

Alert to respond to the shrill command 

Of the man in the van, 

And faithfully work 

In the famous Oak Hall, in North Street 




This is the splendid stock in trade, 
Comprising rich clothing, all ready made, 
Of every fashion, rank, and grade, 
Sold by the clerks, who faithfully work 
In the famous Oak Hall, in North Street. 



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These are the numbers over the door, 

Thirty-two and thirty-four, 

Where clothes are made of every shade, 

Where you can get a first rate trade 

At the lowest price ; they will fit you nice 

At the famous Oak Hall, in North Street. 



OAK HALL PICTORIAL 




This is the flag that waves on high, 
Telling travellers where to buy 
Clothing ready made, of every grade : 
And thousands call to see the Hall, 
The famous Oak Hall, in North Street. 



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This is Oak Hall Picture Book, 

la which all children love to look ; 

For it tells them where the fine things are, 

Beady made clothing, rich and rare : 

And they read with joy of the little boy 

Who visited Oak Hall, in North Street 



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This is the same little boy forlorn, 
Who plead with his father night and morn, 
Because his old clothes were tattered and torn; 
His mother cried, for it touched her pride, 
To see her poor child from his playmates hide. 
Then the father in pity brought his boy to the city, 
And at a very low price, bought a new suit nice, 
At the famous Oak Hall, in North Street. 



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This is the suit that his father bought — 

A fine new vest, and pants, and coat, 

Shirt, dickey, and stock, with cap and socks ; 

And he fitted them on to his darling son — 

The best day's work he ever had done. 

The mother was pleased, and the neighbors too, 

At the little boy's dress, so nice and new. 

Then did they all tell their friends to call 
In North (formerly Ann) Street, 
At the famous Oak Hall. 



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And now, little children, that my song is sung, 
I trust that what I've written will amuse the young ; 
And e'en the old, perchance, will not scold, 
When they learn the best place where clothing is sold. 
The stock is so nice, and so cheap is the price, 
That I know they'll thank me for giving advice 
To visit Oak Hall, the famous Oak Hall, in North Street. 



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When you visit the city, you'll remember my ditty, 
And value it more and more : 

It tells you all just where to call, 
For the numbers are over the door. 
You'll think of the man who erected Oak Hall, 
The broad waving flag, and the faithful clerks, 
The polite great man who stands in the van, 
The poor little boy so tattered and wan, 
How he trotted away, in a new suit gay, 
And his father so trifling a price had to pay, 
At the famous Oak Hall, in North Street. 



OAK HALL PICTORIAL 




I need say no more, except to repeat 

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Thirty-two and thirty-four, 

Placed over the door 

Of famous Oak Hall, in North Street. 



TO THE PATRONS OF THE BOYS' CLOTHING EMPORIUM. 

OAK HALL BOTUNDO, Boston, Mass. 

The great variety and excellent quality of Youth's and Little Chil- 
dren's Clothing, together with the extremely low prices at which they are 
offered, combine to render this the most popular and attractive establishment 
of the kind in this country. In getting up the garments, great care is taken 
to have them made of good materials, and in the most faithful manner. It 
has been the undeviating aim of the proprietor to produce a better article 
than can elsewhere be obtained for the same price by any person wishing to 
fit out a family of little boys. Since the establishment of this Pioneer Mart 
of Boys' Clothing, some eight or ten years ago, the steadily increasing pat- 




ronage of a discriminating public has encouraged and stimulated the pro- 
prietor in the execution of his original design, to supersede the old, irksome 
and perplexing mode of manufacturing " the children's clothes " at home. 



OAK HALL PICTORIAL. 

Unnumbered thousands of his customers are now convinced that they can 
fit out their boys with new suits of clothes, at Oak Hall Rotundo, for less 
than the materials would cost if purchased at the usual prices at the 
Retail Stores. Another great advantage is that purchasers of Boys' Clothing 
at the Rotundo, are subject to no risk of having ill-fitting garments, as in 
the old mode, when, if the boy's suit happened to be too small, he must be 
squeezed into it ; and if too large, he must put it on, and swell out like the 
rog in the fable, or adopt some other plan to per sua ;!e his associates that the 
clothes were really made for his august personage. 

The proprietor has skilful, experienced and accomplished cutters, exclu- 
sively devoted to this branch of his business, and at the shortest notice fur- 
nishes every variety of boys' dresses to order, and warrants perfect satisfac- 
tion. Having hitherto received a most liberal patronage, he is determined 
to spare no effort to sustain the high reputation of his establishment, and 
merit and secure an increasing patronage. 

The Acorn sown by enterprise 
Has grown a sturdy Oak at last, 
With branches towering to the skies, 
And trunk unshaken by the blast. 
Beneath its cool and ample shade, 
The million marching o'er life's way, 
Have with its leaves been well arrayed 
For winter's wind or summer's ray. 
The sailor from the bounding sea, 
The hunter from the golden west, 
The merchant from his leger free, 
The landlord and his courtly guest — 
Doctor, lawyer, judge and priest, 
In Summer, Winter, Fall and Spring, 
Beneath its shadows stop and rest, 
And when re-robed, depart and sing. 



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The young friends of Oak Hall, therefore, joining with their seniors, may 
echo and re-echo the oft-repeated chorus : 

Men and boys in every station, 

Young and old of every nation, 

Hosts in every situation, 

Pass other stores and purchase here. 

Those who gained our liberation — 

Their descendants' attestation 

Would endorse our commendation, 

And give Oak Hall the praise and cheer. 




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FOR THE LITTLE BOYS AND GIRLS. 



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♦ LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 




THE UNRIVAXLED EMPOEI ™ 014^ 177™ 

GENTLEMEN'S, YOUTHS' &LITTLE CHILDEEFS 

READY-MADE CLOTHIIG, 



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FUBMSH1NG GOODS, HATS, CAPS, &C. 

WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. 



AN EXTENSIVE AND DESIRABLE ASSORTMENT OP 

Always to be found in the Custom department, with unusual facilities 

for the prompt and faithful execution of all orders for 

GENTEEL CLOTHING. 

MILITARY AND NAYAL OFFICERS' DRESSES, MILITARY 
AND FIREMEN'S UNIFORMS, 

Furnished at the shortest notice, and all garments warranted to give 

perfect satisfaction. 

GEO. W. SIMMONS, 

OAK HALL —32, 34, 36 and 38 NORTH STREET, 



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